SHEEP HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT (KASHMIR) Q ANIMAL SCIENCE UARTERLY JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER’ 2020 PUBLISHED BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR RESEARCH DISEASE INVESTIGATION LABORATORY, SHEEP HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT KASHMIR NOWSHERA, SRINAGAR (190011) Email:[email protected] SHEEP HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT (KASHMIR) Web: animalsciencequaterly.wordpress.com FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK Sheep sector is an important sector in the agrarian society of Jammu and Kashmir and plays a vital role in the rural economy. The sector has been showing upward trajectory over the years in terms of production and rearing practices. Death and diseases amongst the flocks constitute one of the most important challenges before us. The Deputy Director of Research is committed to documenting research in various areas including livestock production and disease. I am pleased to present the inaugural issue of Animal Science Quarterly and invite all professionals across the disciplines and both development departments to contribute their research and reviews. Director Sheep Husbandry Department Kashmir SHEEP HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT (KASHMIR) FROM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR’S DESK It gives me joy to present this inaugural issue of Animal Science Quarterly, the first of its kind in the history of the Department. Though we have phenomenal legacy of successes in both development departments to make us proud, we have so far failed to document great data base collected by workers and the efforts made in the past and currently being made to meet various challenges in the sector. Given increasing productivity has been our vision and policy in which we have made great strides, the need of the hour is to assess current scenario and future prospect in fulfilling huge consumer demand while taking cognizance of challenges from diverse diseases, especially emerging and re-emerging diseases and the gap between potential and actual in lot of production parameters and industrial uses. This journal seeks to provide a platform for all professionals to document their work and new ideas. Deputy Director Disease Investigation Laboratory Sheep Husbandry department, Nowhere, Srinagar Kashmir SHEEP HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT (KASHMIR) COMMITTEE Patron Editorial Board Dr. Abdul Salam Mir (KAS) Head Director, Sheep Husbandry Department, Kashmir Dr. Shabir Ahmad Khan Advisory Board Assistant Research Officer Disease Investigation lab., (S.H.D), Nowshera, Srinagar. Dr. Javid Khan Members Ex-Director, Sheep Husbandry Department, Kashmir. Dr. Tanveer Ahmad Rather Research Assistant, Dr. Mehmoob Wilayat Laboratory of Microbiology, Prof. Veterinary Public Health, SKUAST-K. Disease Investigation lab., (S.H.D), Dr. M. M. Darzi Nowshera, Srinagar Prof. Veterinary Pathology, SKUAST-K. Dr. Umer Amin Dr. Tasleem Ahmad Shamas Ganai Research Assistant, Prof. Animal Genetics and Breeding, Laboratory of Pathology, SKUAST-K. Disease Investigation lab., (S.H.D), Nowshera, Srinagar. Editor in Chief Dr. Syed Shakeeba Kubra Research Assistant, Laboratory of Parasytology, Dr. Mohmmad Maroof Shah Disease Investigation lab., (S.H.D), Deputy Director, D.I.L, Nowshera, Srinagar. Nowshera, Srinagar. Technical Editor Dr. Abeen Sakeena Lab. Officer, ETT Lab., Zakura, Srinagar. Dr. Raheeqa Razvi Research Assistant Laboratory of Virology, Disease Investigation lab., (S.H.D)Nowshera, Srinagar SHEEP HUSBANDRY DEPARTMENT (KASHMIR) INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS ACCEPTED PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED ONLINE QUATERLY Preparation of manuscripts: The language of the journal is English. The manuscripts should be typed in double space, title in capital (12 points, TIMES NEW ROMAN), name (11 points, TIMES NEW ROMAN), address (10 points, Arial) and text in Arial 10 points. Typing sheet should be of A4 size and have a margin of 1 inch (all side). Typed scripts should be carefully checked before submission. The title of the article should be short, specific and informative about the article. The article should be typed neatly with adequate spaces in between lines and should not exceed 1500 words in case of clinical/case report and 2500 words in case of research/review article excluding photographes, drawing and tables. Tables must be typed on separate sheets. 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